energy drinks

I was looking through articles in the New York Times and I came across one on Red Bulls and how they won't be selling them anywhere any longer. I love Red Bulls, but I haven't had one in a couple years because of hearing how unhealthy they are. The article was basically saying that athletes, children and college students tend to drink them, and other energy drinks, often and there is no evidence of the drinks have positive or negative long-term effects. After testing, it was found that girls and boys have different body temperature increases, heart rate increases, etc. It was said that althletes should not drink the caffeinated drinks for energy because it actually dehydrates them, and 1/4 of the drink is sugar.

I thought it was interesting for them to say that there are no proven facts as to whether the energy drinks cause issues, yet they're permanently taking Red Bulls off the shelves. Why wouldn't they take all energy drinks out of stores? Why Red Bulls in particular? They didn't really mention why...

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/phys-ed-do-energy-drinks-improve-athletic-performance/

last class 12.1.10

Last class was fun. We had a guest speaker, Robert Curry, come in who wrote The Last Great Ride screenplay with Paul. I thought it was so interesting learning more about how to write screenplays, and the challenges the writers undergo. I thought it was interesting how the play was completely different from the movie. I still don't understand why people need/want to change the screenplay. Wouldn't it make the movie making part easier? (well, unless there are not enough funds--which is why so many changes possibly occurred while making the movie). Anyways, overall, I thought it was great to read a real screenplay from someone we knew, and to actually hear their strategies and ideas/intentions behind the writing. The challenge for the writers was the mystery part of the movie; I remember reading the screenplay and feeling like the mystery part began and ended to quickly. The entire reading was sweet and simple. I liked it. It was nice to read a new type of medium.

Now the challenge is writing my own. I wrote my treatment and rewrote it, and I felt it was difficult because I tend to add in lots of details. I think the idea is alright; it's organizing my thoughts and summarizing it that makes it so much harder.